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Friday Jul 12, 2019
Friday Jul 12, 2019
THE FRIDAY BLITZ!
This is the Success Sensei Podcast Episode 52 :)
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By Roundhouse Rob, The Success Sensei
Robert Devane is a serial entrepreneur and experienced investor as well as a former martial arts multiple World champion and professional MMA fighter with over 20 years of coaching experience.
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Wednesday Jul 10, 2019
Wednesday Jul 10, 2019
Episode 51 :)
Fighting dirty is going beyond the normal fighting ‘etiquette’. It’s certainly not staying within ‘Queensbury Rules’. Fighting dirty doesn’t adhere to any written rules or regulations. It’s employing the exact opposite of what’s allowed in a sporting contest.
While this subject matter is about fighting, it could be a metaphor for fighting for the goals you wish to achieve in life or business.
Fighting dirty can mean different things to different people and can even vary from region to region.
Years ago, I was working as a doorman at an Irish bar in Los Angeles, California. I was the only Irish person working at that bar and on one of the nights when I arrived to start my shift, I noticed that the security staff seemed a bit more apprehensive and nervous than normal. Two of my colleagues were basket ball players. One of them was seven foot tall and the other was six and a half foot and solidly built. They told me their apprehension was due to the fact that an Irish group had booked an event there that night. Of course, I was ready to defend my nationality and asked them why this should be an issue. They then told me that if there were any incidents, the Irish are known to bite and headbutt! I couldn’t argue and actually felt a little bit of pride. Upon further questioning, they told me that they were used to some type of sportsmanship in the street encounters.
When should you fight dirty?
Fighting dirty can have severe consequences. You could badly harm your assailant. You could get into trouble with the law. You could suffer from guilt for a long time afterwards. Suffice it to say, fighting dirty may only be justified in cases of extreme violence and where your very survival is at risk. Your actions could result in both a moral and a legal dilemma for you. If you have any part in escalating a situation, you will find it very hard to justify your actions if they lead to consequences.
Fighting dirty isn’t for heightened arguments with friends, peers or family members. It’s for more extreme situations like being attacked when you weren’t expecting it and when you’re life and well-being are at stake.
Maybe a disclaimer would be perfect right now. I’m not endorsing any action that you may choose to take as a result of reading this blog and I cannot be held responsible for any repercussions.
How do you fight dirty?
If you use striking that would be illegal in a sporting fight and strike the targets that would be illegal in a sporting fight, this would definitely get you on the fighting dirty path. Just because someone has practiced martial arts, this doesn’t necessarily cross over to being proficient at self-defence. It can certainly help but pure self-defence training is a different discipline and mind-set.
Dirty fighting can include head butts, eye gouging, kicking the knees, groin strikes, targeting the throat, various open hand strikes, grabbing hair, fish hooking, joint strikes and even spitting.
Mis-direction, distraction and faking weakness/tiredness/injury can all be used to catch your assailant unaware in order to even up the odds in your favour. Hiding the start of your strike will transition you from being fast to being explosive. Engaging your fast twitch muscle fibres is best when speed is essential.
If that’s not enough violent content for you, you could attempt to gain an advantage by equipping yourself with a weapon. If there are no readily available weapons, use everyday objects at hand. Many items can become improvised lethal weapons.
I do hope that you never have to fight dirty. If confrontation situations are a worry for you or if you would simply like to learn some self-defence in order to build your confidence, please check out your local clubs. Please let me know if you need any advice or support.
I would love to hear your views. Please get in touch using any of the channels below. All comments, reviews, subscribes, likes and shares are greatly appreciated. I read all of the messages and attempt to reply to each one. Thank you for all your continued support.
**Now Twice A Week: Every Wednesday there’s a brand new Success Sensei Blog, Podcast and Vlog. Every Friday we’re bringing you the Friday Blitz – a shorter, sharper, shockier Success Sensei Podcast and Vlog.
By Roundhouse Rob, The Success Sensei
Robert Devane is a serial entrepreneur and experienced investor as well as a former martial arts multiple World champion and professional MMA fighter with over 20 years of coaching experience.
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Friday Jul 05, 2019
Friday Jul 05, 2019
THE FRIDAY BLITZ!
This is the Success Sensei Podcast Episode 50 :)
I would love to hear your views. Please get in touch using any of the channels below. All comments, reviews, subscribes, likes and shares are greatly appreciated. Thank you for your continued support.
**Now Twice A Week: Every Wednesday there’s a brand new Success Sensei Blog, Podcast and Vlog. Every Friday we’re bringing you the Friday Blitz – a shorter, sharper, shockier Success Sensei Podcast and Vlog.
By Roundhouse Rob, The Success Sensei
Robert Devane is a serial entrepreneur and experienced investor as well as a former martial arts multiple World champion and professional MMA fighter with over 20 years of coaching experience.
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Wednesday Jul 03, 2019
Wednesday Jul 03, 2019
This is the Success Sensei Podcast Episode 49 :)
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**Now Twice A Week: Every Wednesday there’s a brand new Success Sensei Blog, Podcast and Vlog. Every Friday we’re bringing you the Friday Blitz – a shorter, sharper, shockier Success Sensei Podcast and Vlog.
By Roundhouse Rob, The Success Sensei
Robert Devane is a serial entrepreneur and experienced investor as well as a former martial arts multiple World champion and professional MMA fighter with over 20 years of coaching experience.
For more amazing FREE content please visit:
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Friday Jun 28, 2019
Friday Jun 28, 2019
This is the Success Sensei Podcast Episode 48 :)
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**Now Twice A Week: Every Wednesday there’s a brand new Success Sensei Blog, Podcast and Vlog. Every Friday we’re bringing you the Friday Blitz – a shorter, sharper, shockier Success Sensei Podcast and Vlog.
By Roundhouse Rob, The Success Sensei
Robert Devane is a serial entrepreneur and experienced investor as well as a former martial arts multiple World champion and professional MMA fighter with over 20 years of coaching experience.
For more amazing FREE content please visit:
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Wednesday Jun 26, 2019
Wednesday Jun 26, 2019
This is the Success Sensei Podcast Episode 47 :)
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**Now Twice A Week: Every Wednesday there’s a brand new Success Sensei Blog, Podcast and Vlog. Every Friday we’re bringing you the Friday Blitz – a shorter, sharper, shockier Success Sensei Podcast and Vlog.
By Roundhouse Rob, The Success Sensei
Robert Devane is a serial entrepreneur and experienced investor as well as a former martial arts multiple World champion and professional MMA fighter with over 20 years of coaching experience.
For more amazing FREE content please visit:
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Friday Jun 21, 2019
Friday Jun 21, 2019
This is the Success Sensei FRIDAY BLITZ
Episode 46 :)
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**Now Twice A Week: Every Wednesday there’s a brand new Success Sensei Blog, Podcast and Vlog. Every Friday we’re bringing you the Friday Blitz – a shorter, sharper, shockier Success Sensei Podcast and Vlog.
By Roundhouse Rob, The Success Sensei
Robert Devane is a serial entrepreneur and experienced investor as well as a former martial arts multiple World champion and professional MMA fighter with over 20 years of coaching experience.
For more amazing FREE content please visit:
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Wednesday Jun 19, 2019
Wednesday Jun 19, 2019
Episode 45
We’re already on episode 45 and I can’t believe I haven’t delved deeper into the subject of ego yet. Ego is a recurring and underlying theme in pretty much all of the Success Sensei podcasts. Last week I talked about instant gratification so this is the perfect follow on subject. The fact that I’m writing about egotism should give my detractors a good laugh!
Let’s start at the beginning. We all have egos. We all have a healthy ego and an unhealthy ego. When I say healthy and unhealthy, I’m mainly talking about your own ego in relation to your own mental health. However, your ego could also have an impact on the mental health of others. Some people have more of an unhealthy ego then a healthy one. We can all afford to give ourselves a little ego audit to make sure that we are making the best choices in life.
The ego is defined as your sense of self. It’s what you think about yourself, your opinion of who you are. It may not match the reality. Your ego is made up of self-esteem, self-importance, self-worth, self-respect, self-conceit, self-image and self-confidence. Too much ego, especially if unmanaged, can be a negative thing. Too little ego could mean a lack of motivation or determination towards your goals.
Here’s a brief list to help clarify between the two.
Unhealthy Ego versus Healthy Ego
Defensive & reactive Optimistic & grateful
Unwilling to listen Understands different views
Believes others are the problem Believes in self-improvement
Hates change Embraces change
Blames others Accepts responsibility
Uses unhealthy escapism Has healthy coping mechanisms
Manipulative Understanding & helpful
Avoids stress, fear, nerves Knows the cost to succeed
Makes everything about them Freely compliments others
Sense of entitlement Hard work ethic
Secretly competitive Genuinely delighted for others
Bends the truth Truthful
Inability to say sorry Apologises when necessary
I’m sure there are many more that could be added but you get the gist of it. Don’t panic if you can identify with some of the negative ones. Welcome to being human. Truth be told, we’ve probably all hit each and every one of the above at some stage in our lives.
Feel free to look stupid
The fear of looking foolish is a fear that can single-handedly prevent you from success. Your unhealthy ego doesn’t want you to make mistakes. The top fighters in the World have a bigger fear of looking stupid than they do of losing or getting hurt. That’s how strong that fear can be so do your best to let that fear go. We all look stupid from time to time so there’s no point in letting that hold you back. I’ve witnessed many fighters losing because they were more concerned about looking good (or not looking stupid) than winning. Showing off to try to look like a fighter is a mind-set that can prevent a novice fighter from focusing on the task at hand (winning). Unhealthy ego can easily be spotted in the fighting/competitive/martial arts environment. Being afraid to look stupid will hold you back from every new venture.
Can I let you know something that might help with the urge to keep up appearances? People don’t have anywhere near the interest in you and your life that you may be worried they do. None of us are that interesting. Not taking action because you are worried about being judged is holding you back from your best life. Live your own life and base your decisions on how you feel and not on how you think your actions will be perceived by people you aren’t close to anyway.
Everyone is the centre of their own universe and it’s easy to believe the World revolves around you. After all, you’ve never lived anyone else’s life. Everyone thinks their struggles are harder than others. Everyone thinks that their time is more important than other people’s time. Everyone feels that they deserve more than everyone else. Now that you know everyone can feel these things, it is up to you to manage these thoughts as best you can. You can’t remove or transcend ego, that’s impossible, but you can attempt to swop an unhealthy ego with a healthier one.
I would love to hear your views. Please get in touch using any of the channels below. All comments, reviews, subscribes, likes and shares are greatly appreciated. Thank you for all your continued support.
**Now Twice A Week: Every Wednesday there’s a brand new Success Sensei Blog, Podcast and Vlog. Every Friday we’re bringing you the Friday Blitz – a shorter, sharper, shockier Success Sensei Podcast and Vlog.
By Roundhouse Rob, The Success Sensei
Robert Devane is a serial entrepreneur and experienced investor as well as a former martial arts multiple World champion and professional MMA fighter with over 20 years of coaching experience.
For more amazing FREE content please visit:
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Friday Jun 14, 2019
Friday Jun 14, 2019
Let's compare YOUR thought pattern to a fighter's Mind-set.
This is the Success Sensei FRIDAY BLITZ
Episode 44 :)
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**Now Twice A Week: Every Wednesday there’s a brand new Success Sensei Blog, Podcast and Vlog. Every Friday we’re bringing you the Friday Blitz – a shorter, sharper, shockier Success Sensei Podcast and Vlog.
By Roundhouse Rob, The Success Sensei
Robert Devane is a serial entrepreneur and experienced investor as well as a former martial arts multiple World champion and professional MMA fighter with over 20 years of coaching experience.
For more amazing FREE content please visit:
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Wednesday Jun 12, 2019
Wednesday Jun 12, 2019
Instant gratification is the temptation to experience a quick pleasure or fulfillment without delay and without working for it. It’s choosing to neglect a future benefit in favour of a less rewarding but more immediate benefit. You want it and you want it now. This might sound great and some of you reading this are asking yourself what the problem is! There can be a harsh payback for living this type of hedonistic lifestyle. Living in the moment can be great but it’s reckless if it’s costing you your future. Companies spend massive amounts of revenue trying to figure out how to appeal to your instant gratification. Don’t spend your future today. You could end up feeling washed up without anything of substance in your life. Regret can be torturous.
Before I get into this and before you shoot me down, can I reiterate that the running theme for The Success Sensei is balance. We are attempting to balance out everything in life and achieve a Goldilocks status. We are aiming to get our balance ‘Just Right’. It would be great to be able to live in the moment without it affecting your future and to be able to plan and strive for your future goals without missing out on the present. Don’t forget to stop to smell the roses. This blog should never be viewed as a judgement or a lecture as it’s simply a conversation. A conversation with myself that I hope can benefit others or at the very least stimulate your thoughts.
Examples of instant gratification can include the following;
- Food: Choosing by taste instead of goodness.
- Alcohol: It’s hard to be productive when you’re drunk or hungover.
- Smoking: Sure there’s no point to this one at all.
- Gambling: You know which way it’s going to go.
- Gaming: Playing games instead of doing work.
- Social Media: I’ll just check my timeline for a second…..an hour goes by.
- Sex: Instant gratification that can lead to larger issues.
- Television: Watching programmes of little substance.
- Internet: A simple search can lead on to much wasted time.
- Drugs: Recreational, prescription and non-prescription offer a temporary state.
- Sleep: Using the snooze button instead of ‘up and at em’.
- Shopping: endorphins are released by shopping and yes this includes big ticket items too (cars and holidays).
In fact, this list is everything that could lead to addiction. It’s the procrastinators dream. The biggest problem is that each of these can give you a temporary illusion of happiness which can quickly subside and leave you feeling empty. This in turn can have you chasing the next instant gratification ‘hit’ and the vicious circle is complete.
How To Take Back Control
- Start with the end in mind.
Imagine your future self and how you wish things to be. Don’t imagine that life always gets easier. If you did have a choice, would you rather struggle while you are young and able bodied or would you rather the hardship occurred when you had gotten on in years and health? It would be smarter to take a bit of pain now to ensure a brighter future.
- Know what you want.
This point is about your goals. Think about what you want, write it down and for maximum mind-set, visualise it.
- Identify your weak areas.
Know your vices. Reread the above list and identify which of the areas is causing your future the most hardship. Aim to tackle this one first.
- Stop justifying your actions.
The saying, “You can’t bring it with you”, can give you the perfect excuse not to have anything to pass on to the next generation. “Live in the moment,” won’t be a great philosophy for your future self.
- Reward yourself.
Turn it upside down and allow yourself a reward upon completion of a harder task. This can prevent distraction before you even begin (or never start) a task.
- Distract from the distractions
When you consciously catch yourself choosing the easier path, simply stop and switch. It is all a mind-set. Rereading your goals can help too.
- Keep motivated.
Watch, listen and read about others (in your chosen field) whose motivation you find to be infectious.
All work and no play isn’t a balanced lifestyle either so I’m not promoting workaholism. Our lifestyles can change often so make sure that you regularly review and make the minor adjustments necessary (each way) to stay on track.
If you are affected by any of the topics mentioned here or if feel you may need help, please seek professional advice.
I would love to hear your views. Please get in touch using any of the channels below. All comments, reviews, subscribes, likes and shares are greatly appreciated. Thank you for all your continued support.
**Now Twice A Week: Every Wednesday there’s a brand new Success Sensei Blog, Podcast and Vlog. Every Friday we’re bringing you the Friday Blitz – a shorter, sharper, shockier Success Sensei Podcast and Vlog.
By Roundhouse Rob, The Success Sensei
Robert Devane is a serial entrepreneur and experienced investor as well as a former martial arts multiple World champion and professional MMA fighter with over 20 years of coaching experience.
For more amazing FREE content please visit:
The Success Sensei on Apple itunes
https://itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/the-success-sensei-podcast/id1448626122?mt=2
The Success Sensei on Android https://successsensei.podbean.com
The Success Sensei Blog http://www.thesuccesssensei.blogspot.com
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